The Shackles of Withered Blossoms

Fatty Lu heads to Mr. Fist's house as arranged for a workout, but Mr. Fist suddenly and inexplicably pulls him aside to read an original manuscript titled The Vessel. It opens with a scene of a sexual predator raping a young girl, told from the predator's perspective. The story then follows a mother and a pair of high school sweethearts, while also weaving in a police investigation into a string of rapes and murders that has remained unsolved for years. What secret connection lies between these seemingly unrelated stories and the people in them, each carrying their own hidden burdens? And what earth-shattering, unforeseeable ending awaits them?